Corrumpa, New Mexico

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Clayton North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88418. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fiddler Springs quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Corrumpa within Union County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

1954 USGS Dalhart quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Dalhart quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Dalhart quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Fiddler Springs quadrangle1:24000
1982 USGS Capulin Mountain quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

6 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Corrumpa (historical) between 1995 and 2020, burning about 4,879 acres in total. 4 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Natural	4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
19 September 2017	Natural	265 acres	Cimarron District	TO EAST
8 July 2019	Natural	2.0 acres	Cimarron District	20-20080041X
10 July 2011	Natural	3.0 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	ROCK LEDGE
27 June 2020	Natural	9.0 acres	Cimarron District	SOUTH FORK FIRE
14 May 1996	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1,600 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	SMITH
11 January 1995	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3,000 acres	New Mexico State Forestry Division	JACK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Corrumpa (historical): 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Arnett Pit	Limestone, General	Producer	Caliche

Every working recorded in Union County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Guy	4.6 miles	8
Willow Springs (historical)	4.8 miles	8
Cuates (historical)	9.7 miles	8
Grenville	14.3 miles	8
Grande	16.1 miles	8
Des Moines	17.4 miles	8
Mount Dora	18.2 miles	8
Atencio	20.3 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 932838. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.